"Ambitious aspiration to be one of the third best public research universities in the world [sic]" (from The Periodic Table, Too)

And the consequences are: a) See our new power couple
b) See below From the Daily: Research becoming priority for higher salary By Emma Carew Aassociate professor of piano Paul Shaw recently learned, much to his surprise, that his salary is much lower than the average of others at his rank. "I always thought that my salary was on the low end," Shaw said. "But I didn't know it was that low." Shaw said although he is in a tenured ...
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